EBAY SELLERS

[space cowboy]

so they tune up pretty good then?

 

[Unit 194]

I will never deal with Chris at Turbo electroinics in ft. washington MD. again on any Browning golden eagels I took a big screwin .. live and learn I guess lol

He screwed me on a NOS D-104 several years ago and looking at his current listings on eBay, it looks like he's still up to his old tricks.

 

[Lil'Yeshua]

There is nothing that can be done to a TRC-422A to open up the audio other than ditching the crappy stock mic. It's like trying to power tune a Chevy Vega.

It's a pretty NOS/NIB cb radio though. It's still in the box. DTB said he can tune it where it will perform admirably.

 

[wheelman918]

Unless it's BRAND spankin NEW in the box, over 75% of the time, at least with CB and Amateur Radio equipment, there is some sort of DEFECT that I needed to repair/alter/replace with everything I've ever bought on eBay.

I'll give you my most RECENT example:

New Old Stock Turner M+2/U hand mic. Looked (as it was) MINT in the photo's, BUT there was no box, no paperwork.

Seller "claimed" that he tested the mic and that it "WORKED FINE."

(I was wondering HOW he did that w/o a 7v battery or a microphone plug..... but I digress.)

So.....

I bid on the thing, win the bid, and the seller IMMEDIATELY ships the thing to me, I get it a mere 2 days later, and, OF COURSE, it doesn't work even after I wire up a mic plug and put in a fresh battery.

Upon further observation, I discover that the mic element is shot; the actual vibrating portion of the element is NOT even connected to the casing of the element (dry rotted? or pulled apart?), so there is NO POSSIBLE WAY the seller could've "TESTED" it as he claims to have.

Fortunately for me however, I had an OLD, parts +2 that was worn, cracked, broken PTT, yellowed and nicotine stained casing, etc., that I saved PURELY for the following good parts on it:

- amplifier circuitry
- element
- blue mic wiring

So, I swapped in the GOOD element from my old parts microphone, and NOW the "New Old Stock" eBay purchase is working fine.

The SAD part of the story is, knowing the way eBay FEEDBACK works, and how it is often RETALIATORY, I left the a-hole POSITIVE feedback, for fear that he would give ME negative feedback had I told the WHOLE TRUTH.

Like they say in Latin: CAVEAT EMPTOR - let the Buyer BEWARE

im sick of ebay and online cb shops i think ill just walk in across town and buy a ne 99v2 or something of course pay more but far less headaches